things that are not eggcorns

[David A. Daniel]

Can an eggcorn be created on purpose? John D. MacDonald's book, "The Green
Ripper", one of the Travis McGee series, gets it title from a (fictional)
child's misunderstanding of the Grim Reaper. The kid lives in fear that the
Green Ripper will someday come to get him. It may well be that MacDonald
actually knew of a real-life instance of this and then used it for the story
but dunno. So: Does an eggcorn have to be an accident in order to an
eggcorn?
DAD



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